WHERE SHALL YOU GO SO EARLY ?

                                                                              

EARLY  MORNING SCENCE  NEAR   BANIHAAL TOWN

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WHERE WILL. YOU GO ????????

IT WAS DARK WHEN WE LEFT. . FEAR DANGLED FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. IT WAS THERE IN THE STREET AND THE COURTYARD.. WHO COULD WAIT FOR THE DAWN. ? NOBODY TOLD US TO RECONSIDER THAT PAINFUL DECISION OF PARTING. NOBODY TURNED UP AND TRIED TO STOP US.

YES A VOICE FROM WITHIN KEPT SEEKING REPLY TO THE ONLY QUESTION , THE TORMENTING QUESTION ; 

“ WHERE WILL YOU GO ? ”

I Add Lines from Moti Lal Saqi's ’kashmiri   poem to this thought . The lines have been rendered to simple English by me ..…..

Koa't Gatchhukh subhayee Vaeni Naai Gaash Pholl,
Naaga Joyee Pyaath vothh na vaeni Sandhyaai Kaanh,
Masheidi Mehraabus andher Katiejun Neindhar,
Dhaan Dalas Munz Geill Chha Traavithh Zeeth lar,
Kulleiy Laenjunn sosaraai Cheinna vathharun Gatchhaan,

Koa't Gatchhukh ???????

"Where shall you go so early ? It is not day break as yet.

None has yet come to perform *Sandhya with Spring Water ,

Even the swallows are fast asleep inside the *Mehraab of the Mosque ,

In paddy fields , *little sparrows are still in deep slumber

Leaves of tree branches have not turned restless as yet

Where shall you Go ????" 

( Autar Mota )

PS

*Geil ( kashmiri word not exactly a sparrow ) is a sparrow like small black bird seen in paddy fields . It lays its eggs and builds its nest in these fields only . After the Harvest ,this bird flies away.

*Sandhya is the daily religious ritual of Hindus performed at the time of two twilights or the opening and the closing of the day . It is generally performed on river Banks or Springs or any other source of fresh water or even inside their dwellings . Sandhya was a "Daily practice" with elderly kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir valley .

*Mehrab is the decorative groove in the wall of a mosque, which marks the direction of the Qiblah . The traditional Mehrab is a common element of Islamic mosque architecture throughout the world. During summer season , Swallows would make Nests inside Mosques, Temples and residential Houses in Kashmi

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